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bandandn
bandandn Posts: 49 Member
in Getting Started
hade a cheat day Sunday
Weight 213
Today I weight 213
For 2 days I haven't loose weight
Today I ate 1495 calories
I burn 200 calories
Help plz

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  • bandandn
    bandandn Posts: 49 Member
    Okay
    Last week I was loosing 1 lbs everyday
    This week I see no change
  • Lietchi
    Lietchi Posts: 6,987 Member
    You need to be more patient and look at the long term trend.
    Losing one lb a day is not something that will (or should) happen long-term.
    You should aim to lose max. 0.5-1% of your bodyweight per week, and even then you won't lose weight every day or every week, ups and downs are normal.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,296 Member
    So-called cheat days tend to cause immediate water weight gain of several pounds, and *maybe* some fat gain, but usually not so much that it takes a long time to lose. For up to a week or two, the water weight hangs around, hides fat loss on the bodyweight scale.

    If you haven't yet, read this:

    https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations

    And you might enjoy my personal account of a cheat weekend and aftermath, as an example of water weight and fat changes:

    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10603949/big-overfeed-ruins-everything-nope#latest

    If you're going to have so-called cheat days, you'll want to learn how to deal with the water weight roller-coaster on the scale, or you'll drive yourself over a cliff, psychologically.

    BTW: Unless you weigh around 700 pounds, losing a pound a day is losing unsustainably fast. It wouldn't be healthy, and it probably wouldn't be possible to continue for long. Don't aim for or expect that.

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